10 Most Dangerous Animals in the World
A journey showing the world most dangerous animals.
10. The Bear
As humans, we share our world with many different species and animals. I am going to take you on adventure showing you the 10 most dangerous animals in the world! 10. The Bear Like Yogi Bear, bears can be your best friend and make you just want to cuddle with them. But in the wild, are they the same way? Bears are extremely dangerous met 1 on 1 in the wild which gets them the #10 spot in most dangerous animal.
Fatalities a year: 5-10
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9.The Shark
As children, we were all raised to be scared of sharks. From the blood and teeth in the movies, we would hate them. Well, sharks aren’t as bad as they are in the movies but they sure are nasty killers.
Fatalities per year:About 100
8. The Jellyfish
Jellyfish are interesting but extremely scary creatures. From big and annoying jellyfish to extremely small, deadly ones, jellyfish make their way to #8. When making contact, the jellyfish’s tentacles can paralyze a human and manifests itself as cardiac arrest.
Fatalities a year: About 100
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7. The Hippopotamus
Mostly found in Africa, the hippopotamus is a large ruthless animal that lives in water and land. Its mouth can open up to 4 feet and can crush like a sledgehammer. With these characteristics, it is bound to make it into the #7 spot.
Fatalities a year:100-150
6. The Elephant
Despite their friendly appearance and cleverness, elephants have been known to attack without warning, sometimes killing zookeepers whom they’ve known for 15 years. With their size and huge tusks, it is easy to imagine why the elephant made it to spot #6.
Fatalities a year:300-500
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5. The Crocodile
Mostly found in Africa and Australia, the crocodile is one of the world’s most deadliest animals. The crocodile has an amazing speed and bone-crushing jaw force. One meal will last it a while so it can wait under water to plan it’s next attack.
Fatalities a year: 600-800
4. Big Cats
Animals such as lions, tigers and jaguars all fall into #4. With outrageous speeds, you are sure to be caught if you take the risky chance and run(if you do ever fall in to that situation, do not turn and run and rather look it in the eyes and open your coat to make you look bigger).
Fatalities a year: About 800
3. The Scorpion
Though much smaller than most of the creatures behind it, the scorpion has a venomous sting. The scorpion most likely causes more fatalities than recorded due to the fact that the attacks occur in isolated places as it is their habitat.
Fatalities a year:800-2000
2. Venomous Snakes
More than 450 species of snakes are venomous and 250 capable of killing a man enlarging the chance of a snake you encounter to be extremely dangerous. Attacks occur mostly in Africa, Asia and North America. Humans are a great prey for venomous snakes due to the bloodstream. Once injected with venom, it runs through your whole body.
Fatalities a year:50-125,000
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AND THE MOMENT YOU’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR…….
1. The Mosquito
I bet you were expecting the most vicious most scary animal but the biggest killer in the whole world… is the mosquito. Thanks to its ability to spread diseases with an alarming efficiency, the mosquito makes its way into #1. Best known for spreading Malaria, mosquitos also spread elephantiasis, yellow fever and West Nile Virus.
Fatalities a year:2-3 million (wow)
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59 Responses to “10 Most Dangerous Animals in the World”
On April 2, 2009 at 10:57 pm
i am scared of snakes and scorpians
On April 3, 2009 at 6:45 am
yea we all are. but now im also scared of mosquitos!
On April 5, 2009 at 8:26 am
Good list – I’m scared of the scorpion and crocodile!
On April 5, 2009 at 9:46 am
yea, i have a really strong fear of jellyfish. the box jellyfish whis is like 1 inch in size can kill you and ty
On April 8, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Really cool article. I’ve been around most of these animals since I spend summers at wildlife sanctuaries, zoos (only the humane ones), and clinics where they treat rescued animals.
On April 8, 2009 at 3:19 pm
thats awesome! nice of you to do that
On April 10, 2009 at 11:34 pm
wow i am surprised when it says that the most dangerous one is mosquito!!!
On April 12, 2009 at 7:14 pm
the most dangerous animal in the world are humans
On April 14, 2009 at 9:12 am
I totally agree. The most dangerous animal is the human being.
On April 14, 2009 at 6:16 pm
I’m scared of people who can’t spell or use proper sentence structure!
On April 15, 2009 at 7:25 pm
yall are all wimps if you are scared of one of these animals i would love to have every single animal on this list if i could
On April 23, 2009 at 7:34 pm
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On May 9, 2009 at 9:44 am
nothing supprised me at all. i hated it SO MUCH!!! that i wish i printed two so i could throw it out two times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On May 13, 2009 at 9:15 pm
I think you all of you guys are crazy. All of this information is compeletly fabricated or twisted from the truth. For example Hippos are much more terrotial than Elephants. You can’t just go up and play rudemtery soccer with a Hippo, But you can with an elephant. The Hippo would try to hurt you at the very least if you got that close.
YOu might as well put house cats on that list for all the deaths they cause (witch is way more than you think. If a cat bites you, GO TO THE HOSPITAL! If untreated a regular cat bite can cause a not fully understood allergic reaction which can result in death.)
On May 13, 2009 at 9:17 pm
However I do agree with #9.
On May 20, 2009 at 11:19 am
I think that this list is very bias. And an elephant will only play with humans if it is TRAINED! Also an elephant will go through more that one trainer before it is safe to be around, because of all the injuries it has caused its other trainers. Also i don’t think that hippos should be on this list because how often do people go around hippos… most people i know have only seen a hippo at the zoo. Im sure there is another animal that beats it.
On May 20, 2009 at 11:43 am
wow i agree with this list but i think a couger should be on there and i agree with huchymamma.
On May 20, 2009 at 9:58 pm
a cougar is a big cat which is up thereand im sure a rhino can be extremely violent in africa.
On May 23, 2009 at 3:24 am
people so dumb to always say “HUMANS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL”. I guess modern-day primates still do exist, and their stupidity seems quite dangerous.
-jack @ Dangerous Animals
On May 25, 2009 at 5:48 am
i wish i could have a salt water crocodile as a pet if i could….
On May 29, 2009 at 2:27 pm
MOSQUITOES AREN’T ANIMALS FYI… N1ce
On June 2, 2009 at 2:19 am
The most scary is the mosquito!!!
On June 16, 2009 at 6:56 pm
the sharks and the scorpions are super dangerous but the scorpion has to be small to kill you because i read that if small it got more poison
On June 16, 2009 at 7:00 pm
I meet most of this animals before one time we were in a helicopter and a great white shark jump and my uncle the boss of the helicopter shoot him.
On June 20, 2009 at 4:17 am
The shark fatalities is wrong, they even kill less people than bees, there are some years that there wasn’t even a fatality, and most place agree that it’s in between 1-5 fatalities a year, so you are being very misleading with your 100 fatalities.
On June 20, 2009 at 4:19 am
actually the fatalities are 0-2 per year, just correcting myself.
On July 12, 2009 at 3:19 am
i like all these animals becoz all amimals are created by god . you know man is the most dangerous animal on the earth . i like all the animals and i respect all the animals . i want all humanbeings do not want to disturbed all the animals and most dangerous animals thats it…..
On July 18, 2009 at 2:37 am
many of them r not dangerous….they attack people for self defence……specially snakes…
On July 20, 2009 at 3:01 pm
U are all fools most dangerous animal in the world to man to the planet to other animals is humans. we have had 2 world wars where we killed millions of our own and countless other wars from the beginning of our history. we even created a word for how much destuction and death we cause its : Annihilation.
On August 14, 2009 at 1:52 am
Shouldn’t number 1 be humans? thousands of humans are killed by humans and humans are animals. QED
Please change this list as it is wrong!!!!!
On August 23, 2009 at 8:04 pm
U guys are Woman
On August 29, 2009 at 8:11 pm
well, the biggest killer is not listed … the man! these animals only attack to defend, is that we invaded their habitat …
On September 7, 2009 at 10:39 am
the dangerous animal is a human.If we kill animals they will also get angry and try to kill us.If we are kind to animals they will also be kind to us.but now we cant do anything because humans have aldready showed their stupid predujice and kiled and harmed animals.For me no animal is dangerous.thanks.
On September 30, 2009 at 3:42 pm
HUMANS ARE THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL AND POISSON’S IN THE WORLD.BCOZ THEY DONT KNOW HOW TO LIVE IN EARTH.
On October 10, 2009 at 9:29 am
You are all saying the same thing. Yes, the human being is dangerous. Move forward from that please???? And I wish that this list included species. Oh and by the way, you all are making yourselves look retarded when you shorten words like are to r and and especially to specially and cannot properly write a complete sentence. You are truly the most dangerous species in the world; to intelligence levels at the very least.
On December 6, 2009 at 12:57 am
tadpole’s right. Nutin ta be afraid of. I mean, it ain’t like d’ey c’n just get into a heli or a propeller plane, fly into your house, and kill ya. And even if they could, we’re ALL brave deep down…
On December 6, 2009 at 1:05 am
By the way, Alij1333, you’re the damn retard. Why don’t we have a vote? Whoever goes with asshole-Alij1333, say 1. Whoever goes with me, say 2. May the best man win, Alij1333. I’ll take in the votes in JAN 15, so get voting!
On December 6, 2009 at 1:17 am
And by the way, we aren’t animals. What’s your guy’s friggin’ problems? Apes aren’t even HALF as smart as us.. And if evolution WAS true, consider this:
1. A Sega Master System NEVER evolved into
a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, They first showed up in
1989, because of the company Sega, a CREATOR!
2. Flower and water NEVER jumped into each other and make bread, a baker, a CREATOR had to bake the bread.
3. Did you EVER see mechanical parts just magically put itself together and make a car, did it? A car company, a CREATOR (or a group of creators for all I care) had to build the car!
On December 6, 2009 at 1:19 am
Sorry, I didn’t mean to say friggin’ My bad.
On December 8, 2009 at 8:02 am
It was liek so scary when the elphant showed on the picture, i was liiek ooooooh noeeees!
On December 8, 2009 at 10:40 am
omg, why are you lot being sooooo stupid animals wont hurt you if they dont feel dangerous there self so dont threatn a animal and they wont threatn you also a mosictio is not a animal its a insect. and no way is it the most dangeruos in the world.
On December 8, 2009 at 10:42 am
my bad if they dont feel indangered also if you went on another site u will get another list of this so there isn’t exactly a classified list of the most dangerous animals in the world
On December 8, 2009 at 5:47 pm
sharks are the most dangerous off all. they can smell your blood from far away. plus they can swim better then any human
On December 10, 2009 at 9:31 pm
im scared of ALL DA ABOVE
On December 18, 2009 at 7:54 pm
the word animal means that they are scared and will defend themselves at all cost, just like humans, cause if you were to be attacked bye a bear you try to kill it, same with the bear you attack it it attacks you, but the mosquito will attack you no matter what you do, thats what makes it the most dangerous,but that is common for most insects or animals that need there food, in the animal kingdom there will be no safe place for eny animal even if it was a human with a shotgun, he would get killed bye a bunch of army ants of killed bye a black widow, animals are just dangerous and should be avoided, but some are just stupid and go chasing after the first animal they see in the wild, guess what happend to them, got killed bye another animal just passing bye
On December 18, 2009 at 8:05 pm
And another few detailed answers I would like to point out
Evolution is pure myth, some dumb *** science guy just came out and said we were once monkey now we and evolved, like that’s Poke’mon lol but not us, you don’t see apes today turning into humans, just cause were similar doesn’t mean one of us is the evolved form of the other, its all just one or more guys saying this happened so that there names go up on the internet when you type “first man or women to discover evolution
On January 6, 2010 at 7:18 pm
ok dude first of all i can tell your full of bull shit beacuse u didint list what kind is most dedly and u listed basic animals and you didint explain why they are and other beleveble stuff ASSS PLAY A GAME OR DO SOMETHING DO U NOT HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO THAN PUT OUT WRONG INFO SHESH GET OUT OF YOU MOTHERS HOUSE DUDE IM GUESSING UR 30-40 HEHE THATS RIGHT I WENT THERE
On January 7, 2010 at 8:18 am
I’m 14…eat that
On January 12, 2010 at 9:15 pm
The box jellyfish is truly the most fierce animal! 1 sting can kill you!
On January 24, 2010 at 5:08 pm
they are wrong about something. the jellyfish has gone up in deaths since 2 years ago, jellyfish now cause about 200-2000deaths a year now, look at more resent studies and you can find it out to.
On January 27, 2010 at 12:24 am
denum ur wrong
On January 27, 2010 at 4:23 am
hey i love these animals i thought that they are not dangerous i can touch scorpion hold snake in my hand . all animals he show are very good and they are not scary
On January 27, 2010 at 6:51 pm
The fact is that they’re dangerous, not scary.
On January 30, 2010 at 1:05 pm
everything u guys r saying is true and yes i have to write this “”"humans are the most dangerous animals”"”"
i mean we created 2 war’s which killed loads oh other humans and animals. and it’s not like the animals had ak-47’s to fight back at us!!!!
any way i agree with Josh Says…
so i say 2
OH AND “JOSH SAY’S” HUMANS ARE ANIMALS EVEN CHECK YOUR SELF
On January 30, 2010 at 8:03 pm
and the tesmainin devil
On February 1, 2010 at 3:45 pm
OMG!~!! where r polar vbears haha jk jk
On February 1, 2010 at 3:46 pm
Wheres jesica sipson on the list!!! haha
On February 1, 2010 at 8:25 pm
dear Josh dude, humans are related to apes and chimps not monkeys chimps the ones without tails. Anyway over time both of types branched off meaning evolved over time different characteristics were shown like less hair walking on only two feet and smarter, did u now the only main difference between apes and humans are they are nucle walkers and we walk on two so humans are a type of animal.
On February 8, 2010 at 6:29 pm
you guys are fucking dumbasses we were only TAUGHT to fear sharks because they are bigger and scarier than us, none ofyou idiots have even seen the movie sharkwater. You wrote sharks kill 100 people a year. THATS A MADE UP ANSWER, I THAT WERE TRUE THE DEAD WOULD BE ON THE NEWS BUT THEY ARENT. VENDING MACHINES KILL MORE PEOPLE THAN SHARKS DO
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